Psalms 130:4 - Exposition

But there is forgiveness with thee (comp. Exodus 34:7 ; 1 Kings 8:30 , 1 Kings 8:34 , 1 Kings 8:36 , 1 Kings 8:39 . etc.; Psalms 25:13 ; Psalms 32:1 , etc.; Daniel 9:9 ; 1 John 1:9 , etc.). That thou mayest be feared . Milton makes his Satan say, "Then farewell hope, and, with hope, farewell fear!" ('Paradise Lost,' canto 1.). And certainly the true fear of God, which Scripture requires in us—a reverential, loving fear—could not exist, unless we had a confident hope in God's mercy and willingness to forgive us our trespasses, if we turn to him.